Agartala/Kolkata, May 13 (IANS) The Central Bureau of Investigation has arrested a proclaimed offender from Kolkata, who had been charge-sheeted in two Tripura chit fund cases, said the CBI on Wednesday. The accused Sanjit Chakraborty, Chairman and Managing Director of M/s Cosmic Negociators Pvt. Ltd., Kolkata, was at large since the registration of FIR by Tripura Police in 2013, the agency said in a press release.Chakraborty, who had been absconding for 13 years, was finally arrested in Kolkata…
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Agartala, May 6 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha has took a strong stand in the fight to make the state drug-free. During a meeting at the Civil Secretariat here on Tuesday, the Chief Minister said that the police administration must remain constantly vigilant to ensure that drugs do not enter the state through the railways or any other route.Various narcotics are smuggled from Myanmar and routed through Mizoram and southern Assam before reaching Tripura, often for illegal transit into n…
Chandigarh, May 5 (IANS) In a breakthrough against organised crime, Punjab Police’s Anti-Gangster Task Force (AGTF), in an operation with Central agencies and Tripura Police, has apprehended Aditya Kapoor, one of the shooters involved in the sensational murder of kabaddi promoter Kanwar Digvijay Singh, alias Rana Balachauria, State Director General of Police (DGP) Gaurav Yadav said here. The accused, who was arrested from Agartala in Tripura and a resident of Amritsar, has a criminal background …
New Delhi/Agartala, March 31 (IANS) In a major crackdown on the smuggling and trafficking of drugs and psychotropic substances in Tripura, the Enforcement Directorate (ED) on Tuesday said it has filed three prosecution complaints under the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002, before a court against a total of 14 accused persons. Across the three cases, the Agartala Sub-Zonal Office of the ED has frozen, seized, and provisionally attached movable and immovable assets worth approximate…
New Delhi/Agartala, March 28 (IANS) The Enforcement Directorate (ED) in Tripura, on Saturday, provisionally attached movable and immovable properties worth nearly Rs 1.20 crore belonging to several accused, including a serving police officer, under the provisions of the Prevention of Money Laundering Act (PMLA), 2002. The action was taken by the ED in connection with an inter-state drug trafficking and money laundering case involving Debabrata Dey, Dhruba Majumder, Apu Ranjan Das, and others.Acc…
Agartala, March 21 (IANS) The elite Tripura State Rifles (TSR), which has previously carried out election-related duties in more than 12 states, will be deployed in the upcoming Assembly elections in West Bengal and Assam, officials said here on Saturday.A senior Tripura Police official said that, following a request from the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA), ten TSR companies, comprising 778 personnel, will be sent to poll-bound West Bengal and Assam to provide security before and during the Asse…
Agartala, Feb 25 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Wednesday said that Tripura has witnessed a significant decline in the overall crime rate in 2025, with a reduction of 8.20 per cent compared to the previous year. Addressing the Tripura Police Week function at Arundhuti Nagar on the outskirts of the city, the Chief Minister said the state government would increasingly use modern technology to strengthen law enforcement and intensify cannabis destruction drives.Saha said Police Week is…
Agartala, Feb 25 (IANS) Tripura Chief Minister Manik Saha on Wednesday stressed the need to further strengthen coordination among various security forces, including the Border Security Force (BSF) and Tripura Police, to tighten vigilance along the Bangladesh border. Addressing the Police Week function at the Manoranjan Debbarma Memorial Stadium on the outskirts of the city, the Chief Minister said that enhanced coordination among security agencies, including the BSF and Tripura Police, is essent…
Agartala, Feb 7 (IANS) In a swift operation, Tripura Police on Saturday arrested three women for their alleged involvement in the brutal assault of a six-year-old girl at Paresh Colony in West Tripura district, officials said.According to a police official, a case was registered on Saturday under various sections of the Bharatiya Nyaya Sanhita (BNS) Act, 2023, along with Section 75 of the Juvenile Justice (Care and Protection of Children) Act, 2015.The official said investigations revealed that …
Agartala, Jan 30 (IANS) The Assam Rifles and other security forces, in a joint operation, destroyed illicit ganja (marijuana) cultivation worth Rs 27 crore in Tripura, officials said on Friday. A Defence Spokesman said that Assam Rifles, in a joint operation with Tripura Police, State Forest Department, Border Security Force and Tripura State Rifles carried out a major operation against illicit drug cultivation in Kamalnagar and Bijoynagar areas, around 48 km south of Agartala, in Sepahijala dis…